TITE SHNDAY OREGOKTAK. POTTTLAND, JANUARY
MR. THACHER CITES
LAPSES
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Criminologist Reveals Folly
Fixing Details of Event
1200 Days Old.
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SIERKS' ACTION EXPECTED
Repudiation of Confession Looked
J or and Psychological Teaching
Vncovrred t'asic.-t Way for
Weak Mentality Is Noted.
- 8T GEORGE A. THACHEIt.
- . At tho time John G. 1L Slerks made
his confession 01 killing Mrs. Wehr
man and ber little boy I said in my
description of tne event that I doubted
lb accuracy of the details, though I
believed his admission of the central
facta. I had doubts of his details for
two reasons. The first is that no nor
mal man has such a memory that h
can rive accurately the details of any
occurrance that is a few weeks in th
put.
Muensterbcrg, the Harvard professor
or psychology. In his book, "On the
Witness Stand." gives many Instances
of the natural lapses of memory about
events of recent occurrence, and the
psychologists have made experiments
enough to reduce the matter to hours.
Of course, some events are photo
graphed or Impressed on the mind in
iuch m way that they are remembered
indefinitely, but even here the details
r forgotten.
My memory is better than the aver
use, but two little Incidents show how
details slip out of mind. Some three
weeks ago on two nights in succession
J was roused after midnight by some
one ...igins the doorbell, and I wen
downstairs, to find a drunken man
one case, while the errand of the other
was a disagreeable one. Anythim
this sort is unusual, and while I re
member the central facts. I could not
identify the men and I don't remember
' the day of the week or month.
Slrrka' Caa Recalled.
TeMerday a reporter asked me if
mr brief and discussion of the Pender
rase, published. January 2. was written
before I knew anything about John
Slrrks. I said that a question was
a.ked in the transcript as to the time
that he was ifnt to the asylum, which
arousrd my curiosity, but that I could
tiot say positively whether my article
was typed before I heard from Dr.
Sterner through Mr. MacLaren or not.
Mr. Cornish was present and he said
lHn't yon remember that you tele
phoned me New ) ear s -eve that you
had a type copy ready?" (I had prora
ted him a copy and we were going to
rompar- It.) I then said yes. and
did not see Mr. MacLaren nor hear
from him until the next day. That
settled the fact that I write the
article before I heard any details about
John Slerka.
I am certain that any man who is
honest with himself will admit that,
even with events of great Interert, It Is
Impossible as a rule to fix the exact
time of their occurrence or to give
perfectly accurate details. If this la
true of particular events of interest, it
I evident that the ordinary occurrences
leave no sharply-defined Impression at
all. This, where short periods have
elapsed, but where weeks are extended
to months and then months extended
to one year, to two years, to three years
and. in the case of this murder, to three
years and four months, what hope can
there b- of getting accurate details?
And yet men pretend to believe that
they can remember trivial details for
this period of 1200 days.
In an evening paper Thursday It was
stated that the men at the ranch where
John Slerks worked near Hillsboro said
that at that time, which is over 1200
days ago. they were certain that John
went to bed early and that he did not
get up soon after and go out. because
they would have remembered It if he
had. ''an hman folly go farmer tnan
to make such a statment. unless it is
done with the deliberate Intent to prove
an alibi, regardless of the facts? jonn s
father says the boy would go away
from home and stay all night and they
would not know where ho was. And
vet at Schmidt's place, where he was
merely a hired hand, they assert to be
certain where he waa 1200 nights ago.
If it was in Atlanta we could account
for It. but in Oregon .
Aaolhrr Iastaaee Given.
Another Instance of the folly of try
ing to fix dates 1200 days ago, or rath
er some soo days after the event, by
memorv alone. Detective Levlngs, a
man of professional skill, hired by
Columbia Countr authorities to Inves
tigate this Wehrman murder, together
with Sheriff Thompson and sneriri Ste
vens, visited the Riley and Hassen
cabin to settle a point about the re
volver which possibly hsd been used
to commit the murder. They testified
In court that they did this on Septem
ber 17. but after referring to memo
tanda they admitted In court that they
believed they were mistaken and that
this visit was made two days later, or
on September 19. They were not at
a'l discredited by thnt admission: they
were simply recognized as honest
enough to admit that their memories
bad lapsed in a matter of detail a lit
tle more than .wo years after the
event.
Yet it is seriously maintained by In
telligent men that If this feeble-minded
man's actions of 1200 days ago can
not be checked up to the day and hour
as he now confesses them that his
whole confession Is a fraud.
"Consistency, thou art a Jewel!"
The second reason for not believing
John's account of details In his con
fession is that he has a somewhat de
fective memory, as all men of his type
possess. It Is an Intellectual Impos
sibility for John to say Just when he
left Schmidt's place. He may have
gona on Sunday Instead of Labor day.
tor assuredly 1200 days after the event
neither John nor anyone else can re
tall his actions on a particular day.
Kor that matter, no one knows when
Mrs. Wehrman waa killed. It may have
been either Sunday or Monday.
Same I-aw f Mesaery Applied.
The same law of memory applies to
:i details In his confession, though
the fact of his going and his object
always would be distinctly remem
bered. John has repudiated his confession,
as waa to be expected. There is a
psychological point here of interest.
Men sometimes confess to deeds thay
never did. but when they do that they
are anxious to be believed. They have
a form of obsession wl ich drives them
to call attention to tha fact that they
have done a thing concerning which
there Is great public interest. They
,k to give it: John did not. They
rling to it and seek to be believed, but
John got scared and wrote his father
that be did the dirty trick and would
them once mora only and then
good-bye. The next morning he re
pudiated hia confession. It waa the
easiest way for his weak mentality.
Judsed by other rasea of confessions
of deeds never done, this repudiation (
In less than three days indicates
strongly that the confession was true.
One more point, people who refused
to accept the confession as true, should
not attempt to prove that the confes
sion waa untrue by accepting as en
tirely true the repudiation of that con
fession.
Case la Iaterestlag to Watrh.
John is in the light now and he
will miss the attention he has been
receiving, so it's a fair chance that, in
child fashion, he may have further
details to give. It will be interesting
to watch the workings of ths curious
type of child and man.
.Some 25 years ago when Dr. Cronin
was murdered in Chicago the prosecut
ing officer of Cook County in. his open
ing address to the jury defined cir
cumstantial evidence elaborately. Ho
said that the witness who saw a re
volver fired and a man drop deaa was
furnishing circumstantial evidence be
cause he did not see the bullet leave
the barrel, and for aught he Knew, me
man might have dropped dead from
heart disease at the report. However,
as circumstantial evidence this would
be of the highest type, because oroi
narily men know that a report in
dicates that a loaded cartridge has
been fired and if the bullet is found
in the man'a body the chain becomes
complete. ,
There was no such circumstantial
evidence in the Pender trial: that was i
all the vaguest lnlerence irom .eiai '
to finish.
Inquiry Started 30 Days Ago.
in the Investigation which I began
mnm r.n iv ifo I have worked to
secure circumstantial evidence which
could not be overlooked nor distorted
v5Hwl The character of the
T.,rAmr which was not a sadistic
murder! is a case in point. That is
circumstantial evidence of the highest
Tne lack of moral sense of the man
onmmittml the murder is an
AKvlnn, fnrt.
Th lack of moral sense of John
ci,u. which his father vouches for,
i a aien rrumstantial evidence of the
highest order, unless there is another
like him in the neighborhood of the
Wehrman place.
Facta l'u e Established,
These facts can be established at
.. nm. .nH when the connecting
links are'forged by checking up details
there will be not a mass ot inierencea,
but an unbreakable chain.
It is to be feared from expressions
of opinion especially in coiumoia
ty that the people don't want good
circumstantial evidence. What they
want Is a mass of confusing facts and
inferences which will permit them to
Justify themselves In demanding as i
fimu ti man who is in the Pen
tentiary. The question of a miscarriage
of justice ought to arouse an Interest,
not an opposition of bitter and dogma
tic opinion. That is the curious thing
hout the reception of this investiga
tion by some men and some
The reception of the confession
shows that. And yet the general irum
of the confession was brought out when
ir Tiiilard was conducting a hearing
at the insane asylum.
Conscience Tronble Slerks.
Mr. Koscoe Hurst asked John why he
made this confession ir it was u"i
true. John responded that his con
science troubled him.
There Is an old saying tnai cun-
dren and fools speak the trutn. ana
this childish Intellect betrayed the
motive, but when Mr. Hurst endeavored
to follow the matter up, John could
not explain why the motive ot a
troubled conscience should impel him
to confess to a deed wnicn laier
declared he never did.
Can anvthlng be more odvious mm.
th. general truth of this confession of
murdering Mrs. Wehrman and
child?
The 1 6th Annual
Piano Exhibit at
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LEAGUE DISCUSSED BILLS
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Measure for Women jurors niiu
Others Considered by Civic Body.
Th recular weekly meeting of the
Oregon Civic League. Held at tne novui
Multnomah yesterday, was in the form
of a legislative conference. oeera
measures to be submitted to the Legis
lature were explained by their spon
sors and were the suDjecia oi e,.
iii-nlon.
S. IS. Huston, a member ot tne leg
islature, explained the provisions oi
his bill giving the right to women to
serve on juries. The bill places women
on the same baals as men freeholders.
.,..,, iht it does not make it a com
pulsory duty.
John u. coney, wumy tii .
nomah County, explained the purposes
of a proposed registration law. ms
bill Is designed to simplify the pro
cedure of registration. One provision
is that an oath is all that is necessary
to show that the voter is naturalized.
Arthur M. Churchill supported the
measure providing for more restriction
in the circulation or petitions lor tne
recall. The bill provides tnat a recall
net it ion shall contain as high as 25
per cent of electorate. Safeguarding
Drocedure in circulating initiative pe
titions also ia provided for in hia bill.
The meeting was presiaea over us
John H. Stevenson, president of the
league.
PLEA MADE FOR PENDER
Should Governor West Fall to Act,
Successor Will Be Importuned.
Should Governor West decline to act
. i T . 1 1 . . A
on the proposed paruuu iwi
Pender, serving a sentence ot me im
prisonment in the penitentiary tor urn
Wehrman murders, as ne nas an
nounced lie will let the matter be
taken up by his successor. Governor
Withycombe will be petitioned by Pen
der's attorney for pardon.
Attorney Cornish is nopetui mat
Governor West, who has gone into the
Pender case rather thoroughly and
wh. I familiar with it. will issue a
nnr.lon before he retires to private life.
Should he iau 10 eio
movm -vie i-nrnisn. tne iikiii ii "
mun'a freedom Will go on. as his at
orney says he ia satlsned or tne enure
innocence of Pender..
LOTUS TO STAY IN 1916
Most KsiieiirUve Bar of City Will
Serve Soft Drinks lo Women, Too.
When Oregon becomes a dry state.
on January 1. 1916. the Lotus. Portlands
most expensive par. locatea on oiiiu
treet. near Washington, win oe con-
erted into a soft-drink estabiisnment.
where women, as well as men. may
satisfy their thirst.
The present management win do re-
ained and the $75,000 worth of luxu-
lous mahogany and elaborate iixtures
111 remain. When tne Lotus patron
enters the Lotus next year a woman
alter will take his order, wnicn must
be a soda, an iced drlna. mineral
water or some other harmless and
awful concoction. The bar will re
main and women may order tneir
drinks from the same posture their
usbands formerly assumed.
At Last It's Ready
The 16 Annual
Piano Exhibit
Including Also the Latest Player Pianos,
Baby Grands, and Larger Grands -at Eilers
Music House, Eilers Bldg., Broadway at Alder
HIGHWAY SUPPLY SUIT WON
ercllot for $2173 Given Merrliaut
Against Columbia Contractors.
A verdict for J2175.93. the full
amount of his bill, was awarded to H.
McKieL a Clatskanie. Or., merchant, by
a Jury in Circuit Judge McGinn's court
yesterday in a suit against the Con
solidated Contract Company, builders
The great Manufacturers' Emergency and Surplus Sale, conducted
by Messrs. Ellsworth, Barnes and Davey, came to a close last tveek.
The record of this great sale will positively serve as assurance to
every one who may have had occasion during the past number of
months to entertain doubts as to the unquestioned stability of this
community and its assuredly prosperous future.
When Eilers Music House can point to its proud December record,
when first payments on new business and sales for cash in this great
Music House were greater than in any December heretofore, it must
speak volumes for the underlying satisfactory conditions that make
this record possible.
THE NEW ERA IS HERE.
With the close of 19J4 Portland and the great Northwest com
mence an era of unquestionable progress and prosperity. The man
"ers of Eilers Music House plainly foresaw the situation and entered
upon a unique undertaking whereby they agreed to order from the
manufacturers three pianos for every two instruments sold during
the great sale that jnst closed.
THE SELLING OF THE THREES NOW. - i
These "threes" have been arriving in carloads and also in a historic
shipment from the time-honored and oldest established American firm
of piano makers, the internationally renowned Chickering, of Boston.
When the steamship "Corazal" sailed from Boston via the Panama
Canal to Portland, it carried, the largest and costliest shipment of
Chickering Pianos ever leaving that historic city, all destined for the
Eilers' houses. These beautiful Chickerings have arrived in Port
land and they have been unboxed, inspected and are now placed on
display and sale.
A TRULY NOTEWORTHY EXHIBITION.
We are tremendously proud of the conspicuous successes that have
attended our former piano exhibitions, but greater preparations have
been made for this event than any heretofore. Perhaps this is the
main reason why the present piano exhibit greatly surpasses all its
predecessors in both magnitude and magnificence. Every reader of
The Oregonian,-and particularly every music lover, is most cordially
invited to inspect these instruments.
The sixteenth annual Piano, Player Piano and Baby Grand Ex
hibit, at Eilers Music House.
Every Instrument in This Exhibit a Premier a Masterpiece.
American piano makers produce without question the finest of all
fine pianos. Particularly is this so of the fine pianos manufactured
during recent months. We unhesitatingly state that the superb col
lection now opened at Eilers Music House will be found to embrace
individually and collectively the most beautifully made, the finest
toned, the most durable and the most correctly designed upright,
pianos, modern 88-note, metal-tubed player pianos and baby grands
and larger grand pianos.
Xo such collection has ever been assembled under one roof. With
out doubt the most artistic exhibit that it has ever been our good for
tune to present or that we shall ever be able to present is now to be
inspected and tested and compared. The most exacting taste cannot
fail to be gratified here; the most cultured ear and most artistic
judgment will surely find here its ideal.
Pianos from New York as well as from Boston. The old reliable
Marshall & Wendell, of Rochester, as well as the internationally
famous Kimball, of Chicago, and Hie Haddorff and the nlways-do-pendable
Smith & Barnes and dozens upon dozens of other makes
are all included in the display commencing tomorrow morning, em
bracing, as it does, the proudest achievements of the world's undis
putably greatest and foremost piano makers.
PIAXO EXHIBIT SIAHKS AX EPOCH.
Thus the'mh annual piano exhibit at EUera 'Music House marks the
epoch that denotes the return of prosperous conditions to our beloved
West and inaugurates the new era of transcontinental freiaht service,
made possible by the greatest engineering achievement of all times,
the completion of the Canal at Panama.
The saving: afforded by the Panama Canal route is very nearly R0
per cent in the freight charges. This advantage, under the well-known
and so popular policy of Kilers Music House, i again given over to
the retail buyer.' ' '
PLAYER PIANOS GALORK
Beautiful bungalow player pianos in finest mahogany and beautiful
Circassian walnut have Just arrived in time to participate In this great
exhibit Also the genuine Autoplano player pianos and tho superb ,
player pianos de luxe. Kimball Acmelodic player pianos and tho old
reliable Smith & Barnes, and Hoffmann player pianos and many other
less expensive instruments, are all latest 8S-note metal-tubed human
touch player pianos.
Special: Every player piano is accompanied freo with a very liberal
supply of music rolls and these music rolls may be exchanged for others
for a mere so-called exchange fee of 4c, 8c or 12c, according to tho oris
iual price of the roll.
FOR WELL-TO-DO MUSIC LOVERS.
In this sale will also be Included a number of tho truly wonderful
Welte mignon, autographic player pianos, by means of which can hn
' reproduced the real and actual piano playing of the greatest master
pianists, including such as Paderewski, Josef Hofmann, Busonl, Carreno
and Myrtle Klvyn, and many others.
A special discount of 30 per cent will be made, and at this low price
we include $100 worth of genuine artist-mado musio rolls.
SPECIAL! THE PIANOLA PIANO EIKG.IIX COlTKIl
Sale of rebuilt pianola pianos commences next Wednesday. All the
pianola pianos included in this sale are in first-class condition, though
used. They contain all the much-advertised features of the pianola
piano and have been rebuilt with adequate music roll tracking devices.
In fact, they now contain the only really practical guiding device, with
out which no modern 88-note player piano can be considered qualified
to perform its functions. In tone quality these Weber, and Steck, and
Wheelock and Stuyvesant pianola pianos will bo found tho equal of,
if not the positive superior of any Instruments to be found In each re
spective class, and now that they contain the rebuilt features. Includ
ing metal tubing Instead of the precarious rubber tubing usually em
ployed, they will be found the greatest money's worth of worth-while
player pianos ever obtained.
All nearly new and latest types will be discounted 40 per cent from
the New York price, later and somewhat more used pianola pianos, but
also in perfect order, hardly to be told from new, even by an expert,
will be sold at a discount of '50 per cent, and still others at an actual
65 per cent off. Think of it J9G0 Pianola Pianos, playing the latest
88-note rolls, at actually 35c on the dollar, or only 1332.50. actually
less than what the piano part of it alone cost to make, and with free
music rolls included. Terms of payment, cash, or. If preferred, 33 equal
monthly payments, at Eilers Music House.
i
Display and Sale of
Truly Historic Pianos
Sale of the Flrnt ('bickerings to Come
Through the Panama Canal.
Nearly five carloads, of pianos came
on the steamer Carozal. on its last
trip from Boston, all for Eilers Music
House. Over half of these pianos are
now on display in our Portland retail
salesrooms. These are truly historic
instruments. They mark a definite
epoch in the progress of the Nation.
We offer these pianos at an actual dis
count of 16 2-3 per cent in order to
sell them all during this exhibition
and during January.
Remember, these are genuine Chick
erings, the Nation's finest and foremost
makes. The most beautiful baby grands.
the latest uprights, all included m
this exhibition sale at a bona fide dis
count of 16 2-3 per cent. Terms casn.
or 33 equal mummy mc,.-.
The wonderful Chickering artigrapnic
of a long stretcn oi me "s
way in Columbia County.
The case has been on iriai neiru
ten days, but it iuok.
than two hours to rem a
The bill was coniracieu i"r
plies on the road. i ne aeie..
tained that the supplies were furnished
to sub-contractors and that therefore
tho contract company v.o
It was shown tnat suo-conn.i w
building sections of the road were let
to Greek foremen, ana tnai mo yntc
paid these sub-contractors was much
less than the contractors. uitci-
received.
CASE OUSTED BY JUDGE
Special Officer Ises indue Autnorr
It j- In Getting Evidence Is Alleged.
Declaring that Special Officer Bell, of
the State Board oi rnarmaty, imu
undue authority in getting evidence
ainst Frank Kirkpatrica, a orusKmi.
charsed with selling poisonous ui ufe
without a prescription. District Judge
Dayton Friday night threw the case out
of court. "
The evidence showed tnat a it-j ear-
old girl had been lett to waicn me
store while Kirkpatrick went out on
business. She was told not to sell any-
player pianos. Beautiful instruments,
possessing a charm of tone quality
unequaled. Instruments playable by
hand or by means of the music rolls
and also by a tiny electric motor per
fection at last. Same discounts.
This great exhibition, then, marks
not only the epoch of better times, but
also of better service and better in
struments than ever heretofore.
. SPECIAL
See guaranteed brand new, human
touch J750 player pianos, metal tubing,
which we are offering for the unprece-
dentedly low-price of 386. Terms, 2oi
down and $12 a month, including tree
music-roll service. v
Brand new instruments just received,,
made by a famous manufacturer uponi
special order for well-known Paciric)
Coast house which, for financial rea-,
sons, was unable to take themj sold to
us at our own price, hence this extraor
dinary liberal offer.
Any article purchased of Eilera
MuhIc House Is sold on a definite,
money-back guarantee. It must
be found represented In every
way or money Is cheerfully re
funded. Any Instrument pur
chased at this great exhibition and
sale mtr be exchanged at any time
within one year from date of
purchase, we allowing all that
has been paid toward payment
of one of our 30 different high
grade " makes. This exchange
agreement may even be extended
for an additional year. You im
not make a mistake in buying a
musical Instrument at Eilers
Music Hduse. A child may pur
chase as safely as can the
shrewdest shopper.
thing but candy or cigars. Bell told her
he wanted some drugs ana uiai iie
knew where to get them. He pointed
them out and she handed them to him.
For selling chloroform without a pre
scription, F. G. Haas was fined $25. A
charge against Mrs. Haas, who helps
her husband operate the store, of be
ing an unlicensed vendor of drugs, was
dismissed.
WOLFMAN IS FOUND GUILTY
Member of Alleged "Arson Trust"
Convicted of Perjury. .
A. Wolfman was found guilty of per
jury yesterday in judge Davis depart
ment of Circuit Court, which reached a
verdict after deliberating 10 minutes.
Wolfman is alleged to have- been a
member of the so-called "arson trust."
and while on trial in Judge McGinn's
court on a charge of arson last . Fall,
he was accused of having sworn
falsely.
Wolfman was indicted on the charge
of setting Are to his second-hand store
at 227 V4 Burnside street and collecting
$250 insurance. He also was accused
of setting fires in two of his other
stores.
Wolfman asked for immunity if he
would tell what he knew about-fires
Commencing with this exhibition,
Eilers Music House offers the latest
88-note "metal tubing, human-touch
SPECIAL PLAYER PIANOS FOR RENT!
player pianos for rent for $12 a month. These music rolls may ne cxmnna
We supply $12 worth of music rolls upon our regular and liberal exchange
free with every rented player piano. basis.
Superb Pianos The Auto Piano Baby Grands
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See and try Autopiano Baby Grands ! In tone quality and
as baby grand pianos, each instrument represents per
fection. All the exclusive and wonderful Autopiano fea
tures, the flexible striking finger, the automatic guiding
device, five-point motor, the selector button, etc., are
all to be found in this Player Piano Baby Grand, and
the price is not $1j0, nor nor even ,ti-,
iu this sale these instruments will only 1m- !., with
.$30 additional for slightly fancier cases, uml ()( tnnre
for the very fanciest. The Kilers liberal pnymrnt plan
applies to these superb little Autopiano ituby l.rnn.N
as to all others. Hear and test that acme of Mvcet
toned loveliness, the Autopiano Baby Grand.
started br himself and by others. Im
munity was allowed, for all fires ex
cept one at Second and Couch streets,
where a Japanese was burned to death.
Wolfman Implicated 10 men, and told
the details of six tires In Portland. .
Later Wolfman would repudiate his
confession, saying he was not bound by
it and that he had employed attorneys.
He was acquitted in Judge McGinn's
court on an instructed verdict, the
court ruling that it did not like the
manner in which the confession had
been obtained. Then the District At
torney took up Wolfman's confession
with the grand jury and an indictment
for perjury followed.
. Wolfman will be sentenced Tuesday.
The penalty for the offense is from
three to 10 years in the penitentiary.
AUTO "BORROWER" TAKEN
Ralph M. Jones, Paroled Once, In
Clutches of Law Again.
Ralph M. Jones, aged 21. who was
paroled five months ago for "borrow
ing" an automobile without the owner's
permission, was arrested yesterday by
Patrolman Bales in the act of driving
away in an automobile stolen from Dr.
Sandford Whiting. The machine was
taken from in front of the Benson.Ho-
tel Friday night and was found stand
ing in front of the Medical building.
on Park street, yesterday.
Though a fake Washington license
number was painted on tin on the
front and rear of the machine. Patrol
man Bales recognized the car from Its
description and hid about the corner
to wait for the thief. He had waited
but a short while when Ralph Jones
and a friend, Ralph C. Michael, en
tered the automobile and started to
drive away. Both were placed under
arrest, but Michael was released later
on his own recognizance by proving
that he had not been with Jones the
night previous, when the car had been
stolen.
A charge of larceny of an automobile
has been made against Jones by Dep
uty District Attorney Deicli. ,
SEASIDE BUILDERS ACTIVE
Improvements in Streets and Sewers
Mark I 914 as Record Year.
SEASIDE, Or., Jan. 9. (Special.)
During 1914 Seaside established an en
viable record for progressiveness by
laying a large amount of hard-surface
streets, concrete sidewalks and con
structing a comprehensive sewer sys
tem on both sides of the Necanicum
River. The new yenr nas oecn nrSn
with an apparent Intention of surpass
ing the 1914 record.
The sawmill of the Trout y Lumber A
Box Company began operations Mon
day for a steady run on full time, and
the box factory will he started In an
other week on a run of orders that will
take approximately 1.000,000 feet of
lumber. Negotiations were completed
Tuesday for tho erection of a $inn
skating rink to replace the one that
was burned down here last l'all. Work
will be commenced on the building Im
mediately as well as on a thr-e-tory
brick and tile apartnicnt-houpe near
the ocean front.
Several leases for smaller hulldlnm
rr:ntly have been siirm-d uiid work
will be commenced on most of tlicm
soon so that they will be ready for
business during the Summer seni-on.
The Seaside canneries. Incorporated, t
completing a building and experts to
have tho necettary machinery Installed
within the net few weeks. Clanii.
and fish will be handled.
Peyton Itandoloh. recently of Vir
ginia, has fitted up a lnre room in .i
concrete building ior u K,-rent sto-e
and is putting in his stork. People
looking for locsti-.ns :jr M:n,mer hupl
nesses are beginning io apm nr "tid the
prospects for rin ucpl:ent yc.r aro
particularly bright.